1948: Battle in Manila (Part 1)
As Stenson showed his intention to negotiate, the two left and right wings, the troops under Stenson, who were fighting fiercely with the Ming army, stopped moving forward, stationed on the spot, and began to build a camp. The Ming army opposite them tacitly did not take this opportunity to launch a counterattack, and the two sides confronted each other at a distance.
If the negotiation goes well, the war will naturally end. Once the negotiation breaks down, the two will fight again. In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not gain much advantage in these two directions, and the two sides basically showed a situation of 55% opening. The number of Ming troops equipped with advanced weapons was not large. The local retired personnel recruited and the troops of these island countries in this area were still equipped with old weapons from the past.
If we only use cold weapons to counter cold weapons, the Ming army would not have the upper hand.
Pattaya suddenly calmed down, but in Manila, the war reached a white-hot level.
Danci held his sabre and sat on a stern chair, staring at the battlefield where fierce attacks and defenses were fiercely attacking and defending in front of him. It was a small city, located on the main traffic road leading to Manila City. If you want to win Manila City, you must defeat this place called Ancheng.
At this time, Danxi had completely emerged from the blow of the destruction of the navy. In this life, there were quite a few desperate situations he encountered like in front of him, but he had survived safely and finally completed the great cause of unifying the Western Continent. This time, he also believed that he could survive this crisis safely.
Taking Manila City and mastering the capital of Manila, he will receive countless supplies and countless people, and these people will be his capital to make a comeback.
It has to be said that the Ming people's series of countermeasures after he landed made him deeply feel the difficulty of this opponent. On his way forward, the Ming army's monsters flying in the air were harassed them all the time, greatly delaying his attack speed, which gave the people along the way of Manila enough time to retreat.
They were extremely decisive, abandoning their property and houses, and only carrying some gold, silver and fine materials that could be taken away, and ran all the way to Manila City, which made Danci's idea of capturing a large number of prisoners go to waste. If more prisoners could be captured, he could drive these prisoners as the forefront of the siege, which not only reduced the casualties under his command, but it would be much easier to capture this small Ancheng. And the pitiful number of Manila people caught now made them civilians, and Danci thought they could not run fast and had no strength.
Now, he can only let his most elite army, Ant, climb the city and engage in the most tragic city offensive and defensive battle.
But he had no choice, he could only do this. He could not take Ancheng or Manila. What awaited him was real destruction and there was no possibility of a comeback. I was afraid that even the body would not be able to return home in the end. Now he had to compete for the difference and seize the time. The Ming army behind him pursued him. Once he could not quickly take Ancheng and Manila City, he was caught up by his opponent and was caught in the city one by one, then the dilemma would inevitably be.
More importantly, after seeing the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, he did not think that Stenson and Mattus could win. Their most important task now is probably to involve a large amount of enemy troops for him. If they failed, the Ming army could free up more troops to deal with him.
Dancy thought a lot. Stenson could have a foothold in a large island like Pattaya and think of himself. Mattus in Yangang, where birds do not lay eggs, is afraid he will die without a burial place.
I hope Stenson can gain a foothold in Pattaya, so that his pressure will be greatly reduced and he will have a helper in the future battle.
A familiar buzzing sound came from the sky. He looked up at the sky. In the distance, the annoying big guy flew over again. The officers around him shouted loudly, and the modified crossbow arrows flashing with cold light aimed at the sky. A large group of soldiers gathered over and surrounded Dancy tightly.
Several personal soldiers even carried the Danxi flag and ran forward dozens of steps before they stood up again. The flag must not fall or retreat, but the flag is also the target that the enemy's aerial weapons have been committed to attacking.
The soldiers of the Tiger Dynasty were not stupid. In order to deal with these aerial weapons, they also tried their best to deal with these aerial weapons. The improved powerful crossbow was one of them. Yesterday, they shot down an airship. The airship flew too low with its power and power. The four powerful crossbows hit him almost at the same time. Unfortunately, the airship finally landed in Ancheng. Other airships could only fly higher, hovering and drop bombs where the powerful crossbow could not reach, but in this way, their accuracy was greatly reduced. At least, there was no threat like before to the location of the Danxi banner.
Han Dang in the air looked at the army of the Tiger Dynasty below and gritted his teeth. He lost an airship for the first time since the war started, which made him feel very distressed. Fortunately, the airship finally landed in Ancheng. The people on the boat suffered some minor injuries and no casualties, but the steam engine on the airship was damaged. Such a steam engine was much more expensive than the big guys in the factory. I don’t know if it could be repaired.
But the enemy's weapons could already pose a threat to the airships in the air, which made him more vigilant. In addition to instructing the team members to fly to a position that the crossbows could not reach, a large group of people were also studying how to make bomb drops more accurate. It was not until this time that Han Dang realized that when he was studying in the Officers' Academy, he shouldn't have been studying the physics course without any effort! What wind speed, parabola, and distance are considered to be a headache for his head, and he didn't know whether the number of distances he finally came up with was accurate.
Driving his airship and flying to the predetermined height and distance, Han Dang gave the order to drop a bomb. He lay on the edge of the boat, staring at the bomb, and flew swaying towards the floating Danxi King flag.
Looking at the bomb falling from the sky, the flag began to run to one side, and at the same time, countless large shields were combined around him. With a loud bang, the soldier not far from the flag was overturned to the ground. Looking at the bounce point, Han Dang was overjoyed. The distance calculated yesterday was correct.
"Order each airship to follow the number distance calculated yesterday, pay attention to the changes in wind power, aim me at the range of the banner, and cover the bombing." Han Dang issued the order loudly.
Nine airships formed a ring in the sky, like a hen laying eggs, and bombs were dropped one by one. In an instant, a series of explosions sounded around the banner.
The shield formation was easily overturned, and countless people were blown to the ground, and the smoke filled the air. Han Dang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the flag falling down, "That's right."
Danxi's king flag fell, and the army of the Tiger Dynasty, which was attacking Ancheng ahead, suddenly became a little panicked. The smoke dissipated, and Han Dang's face, which was smiling proudly, was a little stuck. Because he saw a guy with two legs missing, climbing hard on the ground to the falling flag, and lifting the overturned flag again. Although the flag was already broken, it was still tenaciously floating in the air.
"Damn it, he is really a man." Although Han Dang saw this scene, he had to admire these enemies from afar, who were indeed some real soldiers. Because of the re-establishment of the king's flag, the morale of the Tiger Dynasty troops attacking the city in the distance was greatly boosted, and the attack became even more powerful. Seeing this scene, Han Dang could only order the airship to fly to Ancheng to support the army guarding the city.
After seeing the scene below, Han Dang also understood that Danxi was definitely not under the banner. If he blows up the banner, maybe in the other direction, a new king flag will be raised again. It would be better to blow up the guys who are siegeing the city to gain more.
As long as the enemy is blocked in Ancheng for a longer time, Manila City can accommodate more fleeing people and prepare to defend the city more fully. Now, only when enough is needed, the Ming Dynasty can transfer more troops. At that time, Danci will be unable to escape.
Dansi didn't know the battle situation in Pattaya, but Han Dang knew it clearly.
Danxi's personal army was attacking Ancheng at any cost. They didn't even take a look at the threat from the sky, but just buried their heads in launching a fierce attack on Ancheng. As for whom the bombs in the sky would land, they could only leave it to fate. And they knew very well that the closer they got to Ancheng, the less likely they would be to be attacked by the sky, because bombs in the sky might also be dropped into the city.
The springboards and shipboards that were unloaded from the ship became their weapon for siege. Countless soldiers carried these guys more than ten meters long and rushed towards the city, stood up, and then pushed them down. With a bang, these wooden boards were placed on the top of the city. Ancheng was a small city, and the entire city was only six meters high. It was easy to put these wooden boards on the top of the city. Then these soldiers launched a fierce attack on the top of the city along the boards.
Behind them, longbowmen, powerful crossbows, and simple throwers desperately poured feather arrows, crossbow arrows and stone bullets into the city, covering the attack of their army.
The person guarding Ancheng was a personal guard general of Chen Ci, who was one of the old men who followed Chen Ci to the west. Chen Ci gave him the order to guard at least three days. But now, it was the second day, and he had already felt tremendous pressure.
Ancheng was not equipped with artillery, and weapons like mortars were even more unthinkable. Chen Ci’s only gunpowder weapon was only one thousand grenades. Only when the most critical thing was really impossible to withstand it would he dare to use some to suppress the enemy’s attack.
The enemy's madness shocked this veteran who has been through the battlefield.
Chapter completed!